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Victoria

The Australian Government has provided over $70 billion under the Financial Assistance Grant program to local government since 1974–75 (including 2024-25). This page contains information on the 2024-25 grant to Victoria.

State summary

General purpose and local road financial assistance grant

Victoria

Local Government Area

Financial Assistance Grant Entitlement for 2024-25

Early Payments from 2024-25
made in 2024

Cash Payments to be
 made in 2024-25

Total of the early 
and cash payments

General Purpose

Local Roads

Total

General Purpose

Local Roads

Total

Grant Total

Alpine Shire

$2,907,371

$1,177,917

$4,085,288

$517,396

$212,175

$729,571

$4,814,859

Ararat Rural City Council

$4,039,452

$2,616,945

$6,656,397

$725,125

$477,348

$1,202,473

$7,858,870

Ballarat City Council

$12,691,288

$2,803,779

$15,495,067

$2,277,244

$511,399

$2,788,643

$18,283,710

Banyule City Council

$2,814,490

$1,047,518

$3,862,008

$504,255

$191,079

$695,334

$4,557,342

Bass Coast Shire Council

$5,834,317

$1,615,598

$7,449,915

$1,046,990

$294,696

$1,341,686

$8,791,601

Baw Baw Shire Council

$7,558,719

$3,188,828

$10,747,547

$1,356,575

$581,716

$1,938,291

$12,685,838

Bayside City Council

$2,264,414

$571,585

$2,835,999

$405,698

$104,239

$509,937

$3,345,936

Benalla Rural City Council

$3,007,647

$1,625,275

$4,632,922

$539,909

$296,468

$836,377

$5,469,299

Borough of Queenscliffe

$404,180

$73,058

$477,238

$71,484

$13,280

$84,764

$562,002

Brimbank City Council

$11,992,811

$1,931,562

$13,924,373

$2,151,714

$352,324

$2,504,038

$16,428,411

Buloke Shire Council

$4,258,474

$2,781,499

$7,039,973

$764,548

$507,385

$1,271,933

$8,311,906

Campaspe Shire Council

$8,445,277

$4,436,499

$12,881,776

$1,515,978

$809,392

$2,325,370

$15,207,146

Cardinia Shire Council

$10,662,250

$2,937,631

$13,599,881

$1,913,200

$535,893

$2,449,093

$16,048,974

Casey City Council

$21,483,608

$3,081,938

$24,565,546

$3,842,577

$555,188

$4,397,765

$28,963,311

Central Goldfields Shire Council

$3,123,171

$1,403,844

$4,527,015

$560,503

$256,082

$816,585

$5,343,600

City of Boroondara

$3,790,317

$1,021,396

$4,811,713

$679,067

$186,303

$865,370

$5,677,083

City of Darebin

$3,380,876

$987,801

$4,368,677

$605,704

$180,165

$785,869

$5,154,546

City of Glen Eira

$3,405,936

$707,350

$4,113,286

$610,195

$127,400

$737,595

$4,850,881

City of Greater Dandenong

$10,074,129

$1,730,443

$11,804,572

$1,807,381

$315,698

$2,123,079

$13,927,651

City of Greater Geelong

$20,082,522

$4,033,646

$24,116,168

$3,603,291

$735,784

$4,339,075

$28,455,243

City of Knox

$6,517,327

$1,261,616

$7,778,943

$1,169,330

$230,205

$1,399,535

$9,178,478

City of Maribyrnong

$1,992,741

$661,740

$2,654,481

$357,084

$120,692

$477,776

$3,132,257

City of Port Phillip

$2,378,273

$473,553

$2,851,826

$426,061

$86,354

$512,415

$3,364,241

City of Whittlesea

$13,906,338

$2,595,250

$16,501,588

$2,493,003

$473,634

$2,966,637

$19,468,225

Colac Otway Shire

$4,570,810

$2,898,549

$7,469,359

$820,603

$528,796

$1,349,399

$8,818,758

Corangamite Shire Council

$4,670,333

$3,824,918

$8,495,251

$838,662

$697,863

$1,536,525

$10,031,776

East Gippsland Shire Council

$12,090,959

$5,164,757

$17,255,716

$2,170,121

$942,296

$3,112,417

$20,368,133

Frankston City Council

$7,697,887

$1,203,481

$8,901,368

$1,376,598

$216,779

$1,593,377

$10,494,745

Gannawarra Shire Council

$3,870,579

$2,227,400

$6,097,979

$694,750

$406,246

$1,100,996

$7,198,975

Glenelg Shire Council

$5,485,592

$3,791,991

$9,277,583

$984,909

$691,822

$1,676,731

$10,954,314

Golden Plains Shire Council

$4,184,136

$2,359,314

$6,543,450

$751,091

$430,390

$1,181,481

$7,724,931

Greater Bendigo City Council

$15,045,640

$3,891,908

$18,937,548

$2,699,762

$710,009

$3,409,771

$22,347,319

Greater Shepparton City Council

$10,978,882

$3,468,873

$14,447,755

$1,970,261

$632,837

$2,603,098

$17,050,853

Hepburn Shire Council

$3,712,066

$1,714,447

$5,426,513

$666,119

$312,738

$978,857

$6,405,370

Hindmarsh Shire Council

$2,972,395

$1,618,341

$4,590,736

$533,582

$295,189

$828,771

$5,419,507

Hobsons Bay City Council

$2,035,652

$819,786

$2,855,438

$364,713

$149,527

$514,240

$3,369,678

Horsham Rural City Council

$4,361,712

$2,476,502

$6,838,214

$782,976

$451,608

$1,234,584

$8,072,798

Hume City Council

$16,070,758

$3,086,840

$19,157,598

$2,883,208

$562,969

$3,446,177

$22,603,775

Indigo Shire Council

$3,477,355

$1,864,487

$5,341,842

$624,211

$340,135

$964,346

$6,306,188

Kingston City Council

$3,555,497

$1,161,146

$4,716,643

$637,008

$211,811

$848,819

$5,565,462

Latrobe City Council

$10,896,899

$2,832,003

$13,728,902

$1,955,255

$516,693

$2,471,948

$16,200,850

Loddon Shire Council

$5,525,017

$4,010,127

$9,535,144

$991,945

$731,658

$1,723,603

$11,258,747

Macedon Ranges Shire Council

$6,046,557

$2,449,302

$8,495,859

$1,085,009

$446,747

$1,531,756

$10,027,615

Manningham City Council

$2,812,579

$934,927

$3,747,506

$503,904

$170,544

$674,448

$4,421,954

Mansfield Shire Council

$2,404,834

$1,041,655

$3,446,489

$431,642

$189,954

$621,596

$4,068,085

Maroondah City Council

$4,014,063

$870,330

$4,884,393

$720,208

$158,729

$878,937

$5,763,330

Melbourne City Council (City of Melbourne)

$3,852,404

$798,339

$4,650,743

$690,059

$145,616

$835,675

$5,486,418

Melton City Council

$19,054,424

$2,951,530

$22,005,954

$3,371,229

$531,096

$3,902,325

$25,908,279

Mildura Rural City Council

$11,971,068

$4,611,948

$16,583,016

$2,144,576

$828,553

$2,973,129

$19,556,145

Mitchell Shire Council

$7,301,191

$2,275,480

$9,576,671

$1,312,435

$423,442

$1,735,877

$11,312,548

Moira Shire Council

$7,666,659

$4,279,144

$11,945,803

$1,375,970

$773,381

$2,149,351

$14,095,154

Monash City Council

$4,420,592

$1,352,767

$5,773,359

$793,585

$257,265

$1,050,850

$6,824,209

Moonee Valley City Council

$2,746,822

$772,659

$3,519,481

$492,880

$143,019

$635,899

$4,155,380

Moorabool Shire Council

$5,310,663

$2,181,769

$7,492,432

$951,831

$392,988

$1,344,819

$8,837,251

Merri-bek City Council

$3,935,513

$1,031,604

$4,967,117

$705,762

$192,289

$898,051

$5,865,168

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

$3,697,066

$2,752,087

$6,449,153

$662,408

$502,052

$1,164,460

$7,613,613

Mount Alexander Shire Council

$3,637,923

$1,970,513

$5,608,436

$653,041

$359,477

$1,012,518

$6,620,954

Murrindindi Shire Council

$3,301,458

$1,820,513

$5,121,971

$592,565

$332,082

$924,647

$6,046,618

Nillumbik Shire Council

$1,864,663

$1,280,641

$3,145,304

$334,775

$233,614

$568,389

$3,713,693

Northern Grampians Shire Council

$5,080,647

$3,198,626

$8,279,273

$912,132

$583,508

$1,495,640

$9,774,913

Pyrenees Shire Council

$3,564,922

$2,333,094

$5,898,016

$640,035

$425,677

$1,065,712

$6,963,728

Shire of Moyne

$4,705,767

$4,535,201

$9,240,968

$845,110

$827,511

$1,672,621

$10,913,589

Shire of Strathbogie

$3,500,874

$2,431,961

$5,932,835

$628,567

$443,657

$1,072,224

$7,005,059

Shire of Towong

$3,241,610

$1,969,910

$5,211,520

$581,953

$359,375

$941,328

$6,152,848

South Gippsland Shire Council

$6,583,143

$4,090,885

$10,674,028

$1,181,803

$746,354

$1,928,157

$12,602,185

Southern Grampians Shire Council

$4,691,419

$3,381,415

$8,072,834

$842,346

$616,903

$1,459,249

$9,532,083

Stonnington City Council

$2,417,796

$501,897

$2,919,693

$433,150

$91,526

$524,676

$3,444,369

Surf Coast Shire

$3,003,889

$1,812,702

$4,816,591

$531,574

$330,670

$862,244

$5,678,835

Swan Hill Rural City Council

$5,130,015

$2,547,839

$7,677,854

$920,829

$464,700

$1,385,529

$9,063,383

Wangaratta Rural City Council

$5,273,738

$2,635,558

$7,909,296

$946,657

$480,914

$1,427,571

$9,336,867

Warrnambool City Council

$3,879,599

$734,161

$4,613,760

$696,115

$133,893

$830,008

$5,443,768

Wellington Shire Council

$9,882,957

$5,298,433

$15,181,390

$1,773,942

$966,679

$2,740,621

$17,922,011

West Wimmera Shire Council

$3,725,484

$2,569,474

$6,294,958

$668,885

$468,747

$1,137,632

$7,432,590

Whitehorse City Council

$3,879,397

$1,183,979

$5,063,376

$695,016

$215,961

$910,977

$5,974,353

Wodonga City Council

$5,272,704

$942,923

$6,215,627

$942,491

$169,649

$1,112,140

$7,327,767

Wyndham City Council

$19,999,086

$3,072,943

$23,072,029

$3,538,364

$560,271

$4,098,635

$27,170,664

Yarra City Council

$2,116,220

$448,136

$2,564,356

$379,113

$81,716

$460,829

$3,025,185

Yarra Ranges Shire Council

$11,521,759

$3,616,741

$15,138,500

$2,067,581

$659,846

$2,727,427

$17,865,927

Yarriambiack Shire Council

$3,623,798

$2,310,459

$5,934,257

$650,587

$421,450

$1,072,037

$7,006,294

Totals

$493,351,400

$176,172,686

$669,524,086

$88,388,215

$32,114,120

$120,502,335

$790,026,421

Notes

The 2024-25 cash payment consists of the 2024-25 estimated entitlement and the adjustment created from the difference between the 2023-24 final entitlement and 2023-24 estimated entitlement.